{"id":1109,"date":"2012-07-20T09:06:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T13:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2012-07-20T09:06:52","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T13:06:52","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-136-academy-days-back-to-sweet-home-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/07\/20\/my-musical-evolution-part-136-academy-days-back-to-sweet-home-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 136 Academy Days Back To Sweet Home Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Blues<\/a>There was no doubt that Adam and I were enjoying Jake and Elwood. Briefcase Full Of Blues<\/em> was such a cool album. It left us wanting more. Being fans of the movie, The Blues Brothers Soundtrack<\/em> was a natural next step.\u00a0 It has some great pieces by The Blues Brothers<\/em> as well as some other notables from the movie.<\/p>\n

Sure, the Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin songs are good and belong here, I just would rather have more of The Blues Brothers. I’d trade that James Brown song for Stand By Your Man <\/em>but the soundtrack gave a few more great tracks including an awesome version of the Peter Gunn Theme. Rawhide<\/em> is another favorite and not just because of the comedic aspect. It is a good cover of a good song. It makes me wixh I would have listened to mom’s Frankie Laine<\/em> album.<\/p>\n

<\/em>Listening to the Blues Brothers<\/em> Soundtrack tonight, I cannot help but turn my attention to those bass lines by the recently late Donald Duck Dunn<\/em>.\u00a0 Very crisp and solid.<\/p>\n

Of all the songs on this album by the guest stars, I’d have to say thatCab Calloway’s Minnie The Moocheris my favorite. I love the zoot-suit-ish-ness of it. My background with the Marx Brothers late vaudeville and early radio stuff made that song easy to enjoy and to imagine those swanky clubs of the 1930’s<\/p>\n

Peter Gunn Theme<\/em>
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